Bracket-holder and bracket



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L. K. WILLIAMS. Bracket'Holder and Bracket.

No. 231,976. Patented Sept. 7,1880.

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L. WILLIAMS. Bracket Holder and Bracket.

Patented Sept. 7, I880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI K. WILLIAMS, ()F JULIET, ILLINOIS.

BRACKET-HOLDER AND BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,976, datedSeptember '7, 1880.

Application filed October 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, Lnvr K. WILLIAMS, of J oliet, in Will county, andState of Illinois,have invented certain Improvements in Bracket- Holdersand Brackets, the description, operation, and construction of which Iwill proceed to explain, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a persectiveview; Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, perspective views of one of the brackets andits several parts detached 5 Fig. 6, a vertical sectional view, and Fig.7 a side elevation.

This invention relates to the construction of a bracket for holdingflower-pots, umbrellas, &c.

In the drawings, I) represents the bracketholder, into which thebrackets A hook, as is particularly shown in Figs. 1 and 6. In Fig. 1the bracket-holder D is shown in form of a half-circle, with a flange atthe rear, by means of which it is screwed fast to the wall. This holderD may be circular in form, forming a hub to revolve on a central uprightshaft, as shown in Fig. 6, with a collar and set-screw below to holdthem in. any place along on the shaft.

The holder D is constructed so as to have any number of apertures iradiating from the center, into which the ends of the brackets A arehooked, as is shown particularly in Fig.6, the bracket terminating intheform of a hook, s, to catch behind the annular flange above, to holdit into the holder D.

H is a brace, hinged at its upper end to the bracket A at a, and restingby means of its foot 0 in a lower holder, as shown in Figs. 1, 6, 7, andused to support the bracket A, the hinge a being used so that thebracket can be folded to ship or to be dipped to paint it.

The clasp c is a piece of sheet metal having a hole through it, as shownin Fig. 4, so that it can be slipped on the arm of bracket A, as shownin Fig. 2, and then bent to clasp the parts together, as is shown inFig. 1.

The holder D is calculated to be made of cast metal, in such a mannerthat the holesi for the brackets are left in the casting, which obviatesthe necessity of drilling them. this arrangement each bracket is heldseparate from the other, and can be taken out without interfering withany other one of the brackets, and, as before stated, the holder maybeeither circular or any segment of a circle, only it will still retainthe apertures t. When usedin the circular form on a central post, asshown in Fig. 6, they revolve so as to turn the brackets around to turnplants to or from a window.

In Fig. 7, D represents holders into which to place the brackets A forthe purpose of holding flower-pots or umbrellas. P shows a pan placed onthe outer end of the lower bracket for the purpose of catching the dripfrom a flower-pot held by the upper bracket, and for catching the dripfrom an umbrella, which may stand in the pan P by passing it through thering of the upper bracket. Also, in said figure, H is a brace hinged ateither end to the two brackets A to give strength to the same, so thatboth brackets support a weight on either one.

Having thus described my invention, what 10] aim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangementof the holderD, brackets A, brace H, andpan 1 for the purpose set forth.

LEVI K. WILLIAMS.

\Vitnesses THos. H. HUTGI-IINS, WM. J. HUToHINs.

